Problematic issues of cladistics: 4. The species as a category

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-120

  Reif, Wolf Ernst ^a,b  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 3943088287     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/233/2004/103     Document Type: Article

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